Composites manufacturer Quickstep’s Chairman Patrick Largier has left the way open for the company to come to terms with the local conglomerate of defence SMEs, ASDAM Group, which is bidding to take over the company. Largier told the company’s AGM that the company’s board and its advisers were studying the offer. Largier said: “Quickstep’s board…
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Funding totalling $12 million has been awarded to 68 research projects through the fourth round of the National Industry PhD Program, addressing industry problems in laser dentistry, surgical robotics, meat analogue foods, and elsewhere. PhDs under the program are designed to tackle an industry application, with candidates undertaking a co-designed research project with university and…
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Building-integrated photovoltaics company ClearVue Technologies has entered into an agreement to acquire the IP and assets of Israeli company ROOTS Sustainable Agricultural Technologies. The acquisition, by subsidiary OptiCrop (Israel) Ltd, aims to expand photovoltaic glass and curtain wall systems manufacturer ClearVue’s offerings in agriculture markets. ROOTS, formerly listed on the ASX, has developed a Root…
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A CSIRO-developed tubular solid oxide electrolysis (SOE) system for generating hydrogen began operation at BlueScope Steel’s Port Kembla Steelworks in October, and has passed 1,000 hours of operation, according to the nation’s scientific agency. In a statement on Thursday, CSIRO said the system differs from water-splitting electrolysis machines – which separate water into hydrogen and…
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By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra This year will set a record for the addition of renewables to the grid, according to figures to be released on Thursday by the Clean Energy Regulator. It projects the average annual renewable share of the electricity market will be 45% in 2025. The Albanese government’s target is 82%…
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Radiopharmaceutical medical imaging company Cyclopharm has received its first purchase orders from two United States Veterans Health Administration (VA) Hospitals – part of the largest integrated US Government health care system in the United States (US). The purchase orders for an initial five-year term apply to the installation and annual charges associated with the Technegas…
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A new gold-based drug can slow tumour growth in animals by 82 percent and target cancers more selectively than standard chemotherapy drugs based on platinum, according to a study by RMIT University. Published in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, the study found a new gold-based compound 27 times more potent against cervical cancer cells…
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The federal government is ‘cleaning up the mess’ left by the previous government of defence projects that have fallen behind schedule or going over budget, according to the Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery Pat Conroy. Conroy held a Projects of Concern Summit in Canberra yesterday to discuss the Civil Military Air Traffic Management…
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Four grant winners have been announced under the NSW Physical Sciences Fund: Envision Systems, Lab 360 Solar, MicroTau and Syenta. The grant winners were named at an event on Tuesday marking five years of the PSF, which is administered by the Office of the NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer. The PSF is a competitive development…
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Laser uranium enrichment company Silex Systems has taken a step closer to producing uranium fuels needed for small modular reactors (SMRs) at its facilities in the United States. The company’s 51 percent owned Global Laser Enrichment LLC (GLE) has acquired a 665-acre parcel of land for the company’s planned Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility (PLEF), in…
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